Photograph credit: Sophia Metzner, contributing photographer
Miami volleyball was in a position to get again into the win column final Friday night with a sweep at house towards the Clemson Tigers. The win comes after back-to-back highway losses towards ranked ACC opponents (No. 10 SMU, 3-1; No. 1 Pittsburgh, 3-0).
The ultimate scores of the match have been 25-21, 25-22 and 25-22. The 2 leaders for the ‘Canes have been the standard two suspects: junior Flormarie Heredia Colon, who was honored throughout the pregame for becoming a member of the 1000 profession kills membership at Miami and is now within the prime ten in Miami historical past for profession kills, notched 13 kills, eight digs, two service aces and a block, whereas sophomore Grace Lopez tallied 14 kills together with 5 digs.
Set one began off effectively for the Hurricanes as they held a 6-2 lead after a kill by junior Dalia Wilson. Miami maintained that 4 level benefit later after an ace by senior Paula Guersching made the rating 9-5. Whereas Clemson had a couple of runs all through the set, they by no means managed to even tie the ‘Canes. The one time the Tigers led throughout set one was when the rating was 1-0. The Hurricanes completed off the set off a kill by Heredia Colon to win the set 25-21.
Miami started set two in good kind, popping out the gates with three straight factors, which have been back-to-back aces by redshirt freshman Ariana Rodriguez and a kill by Heredia Colon. The Hurricanes maintained their early lead till the center components of the set when Clemson tied it up at 13 off back-to-back kills by Tigers freshman Neea-Maria Joki. Clemson stored the rating shut for a couple of factors, however the ‘Canes managed to drag away and get inside a degree of set victory, 24-19. Regardless of a late 3-0 run by the Tigers, the Hurricanes managed to win the set 25-22 off a kill by Lopez.
The third and ultimate set began off in Clemson’s favor with the Tigers main 4-2 after a kill by junior Mia McGrath. It didn’t take lengthy for Miami to shut the hole as they tied the rating up at 5 shortly after. The set was comparatively shut for the remainder of the way in which by way of with the Hurricanes solely main by one after a late 3-0 run by the Tigers to make the rating 23-22. However, the ‘Canes have been in a position to end it off with two straight factors to offer themselves the 25-22 set win in addition to the 3-0 match victory.
With, the ‘Canes enhance to 19-9 on the season with a document of 10-7 within the convention. As for Clemson, their tough season will get worse as they fall to an total document of 10-18 with a convention document of 2-15. For his or her subsequent match, the Hurricanes will keep in Coral Gables, as they face the No. 15 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (20-6, ACC 12-5) on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 1:00 pm. Miami will then head on the highway to Raleigh, NC to face the North Carolina State Wolfpack (14-11, ACC 9-8) for the second time this season. The match would be the day earlier than Thanksgiving, Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 2:00 pm.